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Proposal for Development of a National Microwave Brightness-Temperature Standard
Published
Author(s)
James P. Randa, Amanda Cox, Dave K. Walker
Abstract
We review the advantages of a national standard for microwave brightness temperature and outline our proposed approach toward developing such a standard. The proposal is a combined standard that would comprise both a standard radiometer, traceable to primary noise standards, and a fully characterized standard target. We also review our recent work on development of a standard radiometer and on characterization of calibration targets.
Proceedings Title
Digest of SPIE Conference on Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing & Utilization II
Randa, J.
, Cox, A.
and Walker, D.
(2006),
Proposal for Development of a National Microwave Brightness-Temperature Standard, Digest of SPIE Conference on Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing & Utilization II, San Diego, CA, USA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32372
(Accessed October 8, 2025)